By population, Shankarpur ranks #40 of 138 villages in Kusmi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shankarpur is a village of 809 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Kusmi tehsil, Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, the 40th-largest of 138 villages in Kusmi tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Sidhi district centre, 46 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 5 km from Baghai Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486669, served by Madwas post office; the LGD village code is 503267. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Sajjanpur, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Rangwati Kol. The population is estimated at 954 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shankarpur · this village | 809 | 53% | — |
| Sansar Pur · Mangawan | 1,765 | 68% | 0 km N |
| Shankarpur · Rampur Baghelan | 8 | 75% | 0 km N |
| Badhaura 278 · Rampur Baghelan | 987 | 62% | 1.2 km SW |
| Mahurachh Kadaila · Rampur Baghelan | 2,139 | 65% | 1.6 km NW |
| Badhaura 277 · Rampur Baghelan | 1,352 | 59% | 1.9 km SW |
| Tikuri · Mangawan | 2,776 | 58% | 2.4 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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